Bob, Ed, et al.

As a frequent contributor to USCHO, I have learned to take the good with the
bad.  No doubt there are some real flamers on there, there are plenty who
want to just stir the pot.  But there are also many thoughtful posters like
Brian Gentry (BU), Mike Machnik (Merrimack) and even a UNH a senior who goes
by the name of the Da Big Bad Cow (real name Dave) who mostly sticks to the
issues.  There have been some very good discussions on the board this year,
the issue of Mark Morris' dismissal being one that quickly comes to mind.

The problem with USCHO is that the reasonable voices, more often than not,
are drowned out by the college kids and near college kids who are unable to
keep the emotions in check and have little or no historical perspective.
But is that much different that the early days of Hockey-L?  I vividly
recall some of the vitriol that was spewed on this board back not so many
years ago.

To be honest, I would rather discuss issues and games in this forum than the
other one but, folks, there aren't many here who are listening, so I go were
the people are.

Greg Ambrose

> From: Bob Stagat <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Bob Stagat <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:13:33 -0800
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: USCHO message boards
>
> Edward Moller wrote...
>
>> This weekend I read the USCHO message board more thoroughly than I
>> have done in the past...  When Rick McAdoo refers to the posts on the
>> board as flaming and anger from idiots, he is barely scratching the
>> surface.
>>
>> Now I love USCHO...  But...
>>
>> ...the level of discourse I read this weekend on the USCHO board defied
>> all sensibilities.
>
> At the risk of starting a USCHO-like flame war right here on Hockey-L
> (Nah, that'd never happen -- Wayne won't let it) let me comment that
> I agree with Rick and Ed about the general tenor of the USCHO message
> boards, BUT...
>
> Being an RPI alumnus I read mostly the ECAC-related threads. I have
> found that those threads are generally far and away more civil than
> most of the other threads I occasionally browse. I'll leave it to
> others to speculate as to why this might be, but I'll note that I'm
> not alone in this observation. Another RPI alumnus, who goes by the
> nom de plume of 'frjoe' (an RPI grad turned priest!?!) has been moved
> to include as his signature: "Friends don't let friends Hockey East
> their threads!"
>
> Perhaps if HE folks like Rick and Ed were to spend more time
> browseing some of the ECAC threads, they might get some enjoyment
> from the USCHO message boards. For current amusing reading I might
> suggest the "Cornell-RPI: The Red Greeks" thread,
> (http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23437)
> which analyzes the upcoming RPI@Cornell series in terms of Odysseus'
> journey from Troy to Ithaca in Homer's "The Odyssey."
>
> -Bob Stagat-
> RPI  '64 & '68
> --